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Grants and Awards

Awards

2023    J. G. Russel Award, The Australian Academy of Sciences. $2000 towards supporting research for my DECRA fellowship. Press release here.

2022    People’s Choice Award for Best Presentation at the Research School of Biology’s Early to Mid-Career Researcher Conference, Australian National University.

2020    Research School of Biology Outstanding Thesis Prize, Australian National University. One per year across three departments. Includes $2000 prize.

2020    Finalist for the J. G. Crawford Prize for best PhD thesis at the Australian National University. Two per year across the University.

2019    Australasian Evolution Society Research Award and Student Plenary. AES meeting registration waiver and special 20 min plenary talk.

2018    Peter Rawlinson Prize for Best Spoken Presentation by a PhD student (Australian Society of Herpetologists). 

2018    Finalist for the W.D. Hamilton Award (Society for the Study of Evolution). Evolution meeting registration waiver and $500 travel stipend. 

2016    EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organisation) Course on Molecular Evolution selected trainee. 

2014     Hirota Naora Award for Best Conference Presentation (Research School of Biology Postgraduate Conference): $650 for conference travel.

Grants and scholarships

2023    Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) Fellowship from the Australian Research Council (ARC) for my project entitled “The evolution of venom and its role in shaping biodiversity”. This includes three years of salary plus research money which combined amounts to $387,373.

2022    BioPlatforms Australia’s Australian amphibian and reptile genomics initiative (AusARG) funding for two plates of sequencing at Diversity Arrays for a phylogeographic study of the Liasis complex.

2021    ANU’s Research School of Biology Seed Grant worth $3,096 for venom mass spectrometry experiment.

2021    BioPlatforms Australia’s Australian amphibian and reptile genomics initiative (AusARG) funding for two plates of sequencing at Diversity Arrays for a phylogeographic study of the Morelia spilota complex.

2020    Contributed to writing the Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant “Biological diversification in across
Australia across space and time” with Prof. Scott Keogh. $471,000 which includes my postdoc salary for two more years.

2017    Contributed to writing the Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant “Drivers of convergent evolution across Australia’s arid landscape” with Prof. Scott Keogh. $432,000 which included my postdoc salary for two years.

2016    ABRS National Taxonomy Research Grant Programme - Student Travel Grant: $1,650

2016    ANU Vice-Chancellor's HDR Travel Grant: $1,500

2015    ABRS National Taxonomy Research Grant Programme – Student Travel Grant: $825

2015    Australian Society of Herpetologists Research Grant: $1,500

2014    Becas Chile-CONICYT Doctorado en el extranjero: full tuition, living expenses and additional costs for four year overseas PhD program (aprox. $250,000)

2014    ANU Vice-Chancellor's HDR Travel Grant: $1,000

2013    American Museum of Natural History Collection Study Grant: $1,000

2013    Peter Rankin Trust Fund for Herpetology Research Grant, The Australian Museum: $1,000

2013    ACT Herpetological Association Research Grant: $1,200
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2012     Becas Chile-CONICYT Magister en el extranjero: full tuition, living expenses and additional costs for two year overseas Masters program (aprox. $125,000)

Education

2015-2019: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Evolution, Ecology and Genetics at The Australian National University. Thesis supervisor: Prof. J. Scott Keogh.

2013-2015: Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Evolution, Ecology and Genetics at The Australian National University. Thesis supervisor: Prof. J. Scott Keogh.

2007-2011: Licenciatura en Ciencias Biologicas (four year degree in Biological Sciences). Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. 

Teaching

2018. Human Biology (BIOL1008), The Australian National University. Lab demonstrator.
2018. Big Questions in Biology (BIOL3201), The Australian National University. Marking essays.
2017. Experimental Design and Analysis in Biology (BIOL2202), The Australian National University. Tutor and Lab demonstrator.
2015-2016. Australian Vertebrates (BIOL2111), The Australian National University. Guest lecturer.
2015-2016. Diversity of Life (BIOL1009), The Australian National University. Lab demonstrator.
2015. Human Physiology (BIOL2103), The Australian National University. Lab demonstrator.
2013-2016. Australian Vertebrates (BIOL2111), The Australian National University. Lab demonstrator.
2013-2016. Principles of Genetics (BIOL2151), The Australian National University. Lab demonstrator.
2013-2015. Molecular and Cell Biology (BIOL1004), The Australian National University. Lab demonstrator.
2013-2017. Evolution, Ecology and Genetics (BIO1003), The Australian National University. Lab demonstrator.


Other

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2017: One of my photos of a reticulated python was chosen to be published in a postcard for Australia’s National Science Week, together with a summary of my research.

2016: Co-Lab: Science Aeets Street Art. My research was chosen for the National Science Week, to be depicted as a mural by local street artist "Smalls". Link.
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